ive been looking around but what do you guys reccomend as a semi inexpensive first upgrade to my 04 m3........the payments are killing me enough so i need to do something i just dont have a TON of excess money.....any suggestions??? Oh yeah and more thing for the poll...... UUC short shift?? yes or no

short shifter and then a few minor but noticable cosmetic mods that are really cheap..like painted front reflectors and some smoked corners..can get both shipped to you for around $100 and they really make a world of a difference.

what color car do you have? and a coupe or vert?

yeah sorry forgot those details.......its a silver coupe.......its very sexy

for silver..you definately need some cosmetic mods..you could skip the smoked corners and get a blacked out kidney grilled first, and painted front reflectors are a must on any color.

A silver m3 begs for blacked our side grilles and front kidney grilles..its "teh sechs" as they say. I have a black car so i like the way the stock ones contrast my car but they blend in too much on the silver

the painted front reflectors?? and if u do the black kidneys etc.......when i go to sell the car i can put the chromish looking ones back in right??

oh yeah and whats a good website for the kidneys.....with good prices etc?? sorry for bothering u so much

no bother im at work..anything to make the day go quicker.

bimmian.com has some good prices on both the painted reflectors and blacked out grilles..also check out bimmerperformancestore.com There are plenty other places that sell them and possibly for cheaper but i havent price checked the grilles because i didnt need them since my car is black and i dont like the black on black look too much. The painted reflectors i believe are cheaper at bimmian then anywhere else atleast it was when i bought them a couple months back.

you can also check out umnitza's or jlevi's websites if you like the thought of changing out lighting. Maybe getting some angel eyes (they run around $200 but were well worth it to me) or you can also pick up some fog light bulbs because if you havent noticed the stock fog lights do not match the headlight color at all and it bothered me (those are only $40 i believe)

edit: not sure how long before you plan on doing these mods but i can upload pics later tonight or tomorrow to show you before and after photos so you can see what a difference smoked corners/painted reflectors make..and then even the difference between stock fogs and the new trumatch ones

When I was looking for low cost modding, I just looked at the sponsors of each of the forums I frequent.

That is what I would suggest
Hope this helps.

When I was looking for low cost modding, I just looked at the sponsors of each of the forums I frequent.

That is what I would suggest
Hope this helps.

i always do this once i know 100% what i want; to find which place has it the cheapest...with the exception of ebay, because ebay is like a box of chocolates you never know what you're gonna get. (except for when you can tell its the same brand that the real sponsors carry)

yeah i would love pictures......its guna be a couple weeks.....need a couple pay checks added together

exhaust and suspension!!!!!DO IT

tint the car!

see the only problem i have is that even thought i pay the payments.......my dad pays insurance so he can control what i do to it by threatening to quit paying.....so i need something that i can easily put on and take off come time to sell the car in a few years

see the only problem i have is that even thought i pay the payments.......my dad pays insurance so he can control what i do to it by threatening to quit paying.....so i need something that i can easily put on and take off come time to sell the car in a few years
don't take this as an insult but:

how about selling the car for something that you can afford comfortably?

sorry i worded that wrong......right now i can afford my car, food, gas, partying on the weekends, taking my girl friend out, and a couple extras.......but i dont like a few K to drop on suspension and exhaust

Delete the CDV.

Only costs a few minutes of your time.

delete the what??

Clutch Delay Valve.

Its that little part that makes you wonder where your ability to drive a manual transmission went off to.

and how do u do that? sorry i dont know much about that part